Cat Claw VinePhoenix's Fastest Privacy Vine Cat Claw Vine Covers Walls & Fences Fast Cat Claw Vine (Macfadyena unguis cati) is one of the fastest growing screening vines in the Phoenix Valley. Its tiny claw like tendrils grip block walls, brick, wood fencing, and chain link without any additional support providing dense, green coverage in a single season. Explosive yellow trumpet blooms erupt each spring, then give way to lush green foliage all summer. Whether

softening a Mesa pool deck

plant-and-forget palm or a hard-freeze-proof one: it wants more regular water than desert natives

Its texture and size are effective for soil retention

Your shrub gets 6–8 months of root growth before facing its first Phoenix summer

low-water living sculpture or an unconventional tall screen: full sun

and stake young trees for structure against monsoon wind

Thrives in reflected heat from walls and paving

Deep watering every 10–14 days in summer is all it typically needs

Spacing — give each plant at least 6–8 feet of clearance to accommodate its large mature spread

5 ft spacing) 10 ft 5 plants 15 ft 7 plants 20 ft 9 plants 25 ft 11 plants 30 ft 13 plants For a fuller

The dense clusters of rose-pink tubular flowers bloom in winter when few other plants are flowering

Established Night-blooming Cereus is extremely drought-tolerant